Wikipedia is one of the most-accessed references in the world, with aims to include the sum of all human knowledge. Yet its coverage of crucial sciences, such as chemistry, lacks substance. Look at Wikipedia’s list of Featured Articles — the highest-quality, most complete articles — and you’ll find only 41 related to chemistry. By comparison, … Continued
Wiki Education Foundation staff members will be attending the American Association of Geographers’ annual meeting this week in San Francisco. We’ll share ways for geography students to connect their learning about the world, with the world. The Wikipedia Year of Science asks scientists to bring knowledge to the public. Students are researching and writing about geography already. When geography instructors assign students to write … Continued
Adam Hyland and I will visit Northeastern University on Thursday, March 24, to present instructors with the opportunity to join the Wikipedia Year of Science. We’ll be joined by Northeastern librarian and Wikipedia contributor Amanda Rust, and Cecelia Musselman of Northeastern’s Writing Program. We’ll offer information about our Classroom Program, in which instructors and students in various fields contribute to and … Continued
In February, I met with Temple University faculty to share the benefits Wikipedia assignments bring to the classroom. Several librarians joined us for the event, too, to learn about how Wikipedia fits into their work. Our workshop opened interesting discussions about Wikipedia’s view of neutrality and its gender gap. We explored how students can improve Wikipedia’s coverage of women in science, and ways for libraries … Continued
We already know students are using Wikipedia. Why not show them how to engage it critically — and develop their media literacy, writing, research, and collaboration skills along the way? Wikipedia Content Expert Adam Hyland and I will be visiting Brown University on Wednesday, March 23, to present a workshop, “How to Use Wikipedia as … Continued
On Tuesday, February 16, I’ll join the Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women’s Education and library at Bryn Mawr College to discuss how, and why, instructors build Wikipedia assignments into coursework. Bryn Mawr is an historic women’s college, so my presentation will focus on one of the major initiatives of the Year of … Continued
On Monday, February 15, I’ll visit Temple University for a teaching with Wikipedia workshop, and help spread Wiki Ed’s Year of Science initiative. When students write or expand Wikipedia articles, they practice media literacy, fact-based writing, research, collaboration, and critical thinking skills. I’ll highlight the best practices for teaching through Wikipedia, and how we support participants. These workshops are a … Continued
I’m pleased to announce that the Wiki Education Foundation is attending the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to promote the Wikipedia Year of Science. On February 13 and 14, we’ll join the Simons Foundation to support scientists attending a series of Wikipedia edit-a-thons. Samantha Erickson and I will join … Continued
On Friday, February 12, Samantha Erickson and I will join linguistics faculty at Georgetown University to share the Wikipedia Year of Science, and encourage instructors to teach with Wikipedia or sponsor a Visiting Scholar. Linguistics articles are highly underrepresented on Wikipedia, and the Linguistic Society of America has launched an initiative to close content gaps. Past linguistics … Continued
